Oh my, it’s countdown time. I have just about 2 months left (give or take a week or two). As much as I’d like to, I don’t think that canning is happening this fall. I have enough to do — just take a look at this list. And this is only the cooking list! Breakfast […] Read more…
Artists & Composers Notebooking Pages
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned that I had set up my Artist & Composers schedule for my preschooler. I finally got around to finding or making notebooking pages for them and wanted to share them with you. First, the set I bought: Famous Composers Notebooking Pages I found these online for free and […] Read more…
Book Review – Handbook for Catholic Mom’s
Lisa M. Hendey, creator of CatholicMom.com, has written a lovely, all-encompassing book called The Handbook for Catholic Moms: Nurturing Your Heart, Mind, Body and Soul. This book is divided into 22 bite-sized (most 10 pages or less) chapters offering encouragement, stories from other Catholic Moms, some “homework” to help improve, and web resources for further […] Read more…
Mother’s Rule of Life Household Notebook Series
I’ve finally finished the series about making your household notebook using the principles from the Mother’s Rule of Life book study. In case, you missed them, here they are: Think & Gather Building Schedules Building Routines, Part 1 Building Routines, Part 2 Section 1 – Prayer Section 2 – Personal Section 3 – Partner Section […] Read more…
Would You Like to Guest Post?
Would you like to guest post on my site while I am mostly offline – i.e. after the baby comes? Posts on homemaking, homeschooling preschoolers, decorating, the holiday’s, crafts, seasonal Catholic interest, etc. would be the main things of interest to my readers. If you are interested, shoot me an email (jensteed dot 08 at […] Read more…
Month of Our Lady of Sorrows
During the month of September, the Church dedicates its devotion to Our Lady of Sorrows. On September 15, the day after the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross, we observe the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. There are many excellent prayers dedicated to our lady during this month, including the Rosary of the […] Read more…
Change Complete!
Yeah! The change from the old domain to the new is now complete. The Feed has been changed as of Saturday, so if you received my last couple posts again this weekend, I apologize. If you are looking for something from an old link, just copy the link path and replace (www.thesteeds.net) with (www.happylittlehomemaker.com) and […] Read more…
September 2010 Prayer Intentions
The Word of God as Sign of Social Development General: That in less developed parts of the world the proclamation of the Word of God may renew people’s hearts, encouraging them to work actively toward authentic social progress. The End of War Missionary: That by opening our hearts to love we may put an end […] Read more…